Researching Thomas Chaloner
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 492 people with the Chaloner surname? In that year Chaloner was ranked number 3087 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Thomas means "a twin" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Thomas Chaloner on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Thomas Chaloner and the Chaloner Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Chaloner Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Chaloner family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 723 people with the Chaloner surname in the UK? Chaloner is now ranked number 3359 for popularity in the UK. |
Chaloner Genealogy Databases
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Chaloner Forums
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Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Thomas Chaloner. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Thomas Chaloner (regicide)
Thomas Chaloner (1595–1661) was an English politician, commissioner at the trial of Charles I and signatory to his death warrant.
He was born at Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire, and was the son of the courtier Sir Thomas Chaloner.
In January 1649 he and his younger brother, James Chaloner (1602–1660), served as two of the 135 commissioners of the court that tried King Charles I. Subsequently Thomas Chaloner signed the King's death warrant, whilst James did not.
In 1660, at the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, Chaloner was excluded from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act, which gave a general pardon, and escaped to the Continent to avoid a trial for high treason. He died at Middelburg in the Netherlands in 1660.
Source: Thomas Chaloner (regicide), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Chaloner
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